Jefferson Junior High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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I 5. Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1924 Drawn up and published per Robert H. Kazmayer Q-mwgvgmv--4 In behalf of my client, the extraordinary graduating class of 1924 of Jef- ferson Junior, I hereby draw up and publish the last will and testament of the aforesaid class. The aforesaid class being about to die, dissolve or cut loose from life t Say it with flowers! dear friend lb begs you to accept from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Ow- ing to the flighty condition of her mind and the unusual disturbance of it's gray matter, she begs me state that she may quite possibly have been mis- taken in her inventory, but such things as she thinks she has, she now gives over into your possesion, praying you to regard them as a sacred trust of one gone before. We, the Class of 1924, of Jefferson Junior High School, City of Rochester State of New York, United States of America, being in full possession of a crammed mind, an untrained memory, and an almost superhuman under- standing, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, asking only as a last injunction of the dying, that our funeral services be conducted by our Principal and his all-wise and ever-competent faculty and that it be car- ried on with all the dignity and pomp that our worth, our attainments, and our position as Seniors must certainly deserve. I First and foremost, to our beloved faculty who have been our instruc- tors in the, wisdom of the ages we give and bequeath a sweet and unbrok- en sucession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake thru the long watches of the night worrying whether this one or that one is doing his night work or whether the other will remember every every iron-clad rule of grammar in his morning recitation. It has been hard a strain on them - but verily, verily they shall receive their reward. II As our second gift to our faculty we bestow upon them the amazing knowledge and startling imformation that we may from time to time have furnished them in our various examinations. We know that much which we have imparted to them must be entirely new to them as well as to the rest of the world, and we realize also that it would shed much new light on hith- erto unfamiliar lines of thought, so it is that we hereby authorize them to give out such of this information to the world as they may feel that the world is able to receive. We also hope that they may feel at liberty to use this same information for the enlightenment of any classes following us -this of course is left entirely to their personal discretion. III To the school in general, we leave THE JEFFERSONIAN Staff, the Band and Orchestra, devoid of their best members. IV To the future graduating class we leave the honor of using our poor excusesg we also leave to them our front seats in the 'Assemblyg our seats 74 a

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Friday night, when Tom returned from Jamestown with his father where his parent had been on business, he told Bob about the robbery there. The Jamestown National Bank had been robbed of fifty thousand dollars and five hundred dollars reward was offered for the capture of the thief who had blast- ed the vault open and escaped with the money. The thief was an escaped convict and pictures of him were posted in all the small towns. He was sup- posed to have been disguised as a salesman carrying his plunder in a suitcase but this was not proven. Saturday morning on their way out of town Bob and Tom examined a poster offering the reward and bearing the picture of the thief. I know what I would do with that reward, said Tom. So do I, said Bob, I'd buy Mr. Green's motor-boat. This was speed- ily forgotten however when they began searching through the thickets in quest of game. When noon time came the boys had bagged nothing except a rabbit and one grey squirrel. They sat eating their lunch on a bluff about ten feet high which sloped down to a small stream when, suddenly, the ground beneath them gave way, and they, jumping, fell into the concealed entrance to a cave. In a flash their glance took in the whole of the interior. In the corner stood a rude cot constructed of small boughs from a tree. Instantly they recognized the sleeping man upon it as the desperado who had robbed the bank. There also stood near-by a small leather bag not unlike a tool-kit and a smouldering fire built upon rocks in the center of the cavern floor. Some boys might have run, but not so Bob and Tom. They stood amaz- ed fora moment and then Bob drew from his knapsack a rope and signalling Tom his intentions, they carefully bound the sleeping man. Tom then ran to a near-by farm for aid. When the stalwart farm hands, got there they found Bob still on guard and the prisoner tightly bound. Two days later Bob and Tom returned from Jamestown each two hun- dred and fifty dollars richer than when they started. The motor boat was purchased and two happier boys could not be found. Five weeks later the annual boat races were held on Lake Chautauqua, and the chums, entry, Swallow, took first place in the free-for-all race. RoBaRr HOFFMAN, 19A3. wi-nc4fQ:'i'.'9soxv-+ - Sgt. Hey you, where are you going ? Rookie. To get some water. Sgt. What, in that shirt? Rookie. No, in this pail. ' Cavalry Sergeant. I told you never to approach a horse from the rear without speaking to him. First thing you knoav they'll kick you in the head, and we'll have a bunch of lame horses on our hands. 73

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1 in the lunch room we leave to whoever is fortunate enough to get them first V Hoping that it will be equally divided among them, we leave the re- maining classes, stubs of pencil, scraps of paper and - if there be any -all overlooked cuds of gum which we may have left adhearing to desks, banni- sters assembly seats and other likely or unlikely places. fWe have some- times had to rid ourselves of these in too much haste to be able to pick and choose as to a desirable means of disposall VI The following may seem trifling bequests but we hope they may serve as a reminder of our continual generosity. To the music teachers we leave the memory of our musical voices, it be- ing like a bubbling stream of musical talent. To the Science teachers we leave all knowledge of frogs, Warts, bacteria protozoa and especially 'yissionu To the English teachers we leave all Gods of the Odyssey and other lit- erature Cwe would have left our very dear dictionary of modern slang, but we felt that our English teachers would not make able use of it.l Last, but not least, and in all seriousness, we leave the one thing our successors will appreciate most and trust it may be prized by them as it has been by us - it is a warm place in the hearts of our teachers. Though we leave the school, our friendship for our teachers we will carry with us forever. In witness thereof, We, the Class of 1924, do hereby set our hand and seal in the month of J une, Anno Domini. one thousand nine hundred twenty four. THE Ctfxss or 1924. +P-l-1lMfQff'5JWNJ1r1-sf , What the School Clock Saw It was just half past twelve. The schoolroom door opened. H'mmmm, murmured the clock to himself, I wonder who that is ? He did not have to wonder long for the Thing, appeared before him. It was a mouse. Well, said theclock kindly, what do you want ? Oh dear! oh dear! I have lost my beautiful tail. I am to be photo- graphed tomorrow, and how will I look without a tail? I am sure you will find it, replied the clock, Ask the Chalk and Erasers to help, A but he got no further for the mouse cried, Here it is, here it is, it was over here behind the waste paper basket. Well, well, said the clock, who would have thought it was there ? But, how will I put it on? said the mouse, beginnining to cry. You will have to tie it on with some pretty ribbon, said the clock. That's just the thing, exclaimedthe mouse as he ran away. Q Well he's happy at any rate, said the clock to himself. I guess I'll g0 to sleep HOW. ELLA C. Fslocx, TA2. F5 H